Stair-carpet fastener



(No Model.)

D. WALKER.

STAIR CARPET FASTBNEE.

No. 394,315. Patented Dee. 11, I888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID \VALKER, NEVARK, NEW JERSEY.

STAIR-CARPET FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,315, dated December 11, 1888.

Application filed July 21, 1888 Serial No. 280,647. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAVID \YALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing atNewark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stair-Carpet Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a iipertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of buttons for holding stair-carpets in place by which the greater part of the carpet, when held by said devices, is exposed therebetween at the angle between the step and the riser, as it is not exposed when ordinary stair-rods are used for holding said carpet in position.

The object of the invention is to secure in said devices a more perfect fitting of the said devices in the angle, whereby dust is prevented from settling therebeneath or in the angles adjacent thereto and a more perfect and secure fastening is obtained, and to prevent the carpet from being damaged, as it would by the use of ordinary tacks, such as are now commonly used.

The invention consists in the improved stair-carpet buttons and in the arrangements and combinations of parts thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure l is a front elevation of a stairway having the improved button for holding the carpet in place thereon, the said button being proportionately larger than the stair case or way for purposes of illustration. Fig. 2 is a section of the same, taken on line Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the improved button; and Fig. 4 is a section of the same, taken on line 2 In said drawings, a indicates the step, and Z) the riser, of the stair case or way; I, the carpet arranged thereon, and (l the improved button for holding the carpet in place. The

said button, when viewed in section or endwise, is shown to be triangular in general con tour, having two straight sides, 6 and f, adapted to engage the step and riser, respectively, and to fill in the angle formed thereby, so that no dust may settle beneath the said button, and also to provide a firm bearing against the carpet, so that the latter will be held closely and smoothly against both said step and riser, as it will not by the ordinary headed tack or nail, and thus also avoiding the use of small tacks to hold the carpet in place in the corners. The said button is made, preferably, from two to three inches in length, and at its opposite ends is turned or pressed down, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so that no abrupt angles will be formed at the sides of said button. Thereby the dust can be readily removed during the operation of sweeping.

The front or third side of the triangular piece is preferably made segmental, as shown, and is covered with metal, as indicated in Figs. 3 and l, and I prefer to have it (the metal) impressed and ornamented by any suitable means.

I prefer to make the button of metal concave-convex at the front, forming the cap g, which is filled in with a wooden block, 7;, ap-

proximately conforming thereto, the said caphaving the ends thereof turned down or pressed, so as to prevent longitudinal movement of the filling orblock, and the said block being held in place by simple lips h, stamped out at the edges of the cap and turned down over the sides of the said block or filling.

By using the cap and block, as described, a broad bearing is presented to the carpet, which would not he were the cap alone employed, and thus the metal is prevented from working into or entering the carpet and damaging the same.

The cap and block at the center are perforated, as at 1', and through the perforator is drawn a suitable nail, tack, or screw, j, which presses the two sides of the button up against the carpet and the latter smoothly against the step and riser, so that the said carpet is held in place with nicety and firmness, and no opportunity is given for dust to lodge where it cannot be readily removed, and the surface of the carpet between the buttons and within the said angle is exposed to view.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. The improved stair-carpet fastening combining a triangular cap having the ends pressed down, as described, a filling, and a central nail or screw, j, all arranged and combined substantially as set forth.

2. The improved stair-carpet fastener combininggvith a cap tapering at its opposite ends 10 and triangular when viewed endwise or in cross-section, a wooden block for filling in said cap and lips for holding'said block in place, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of 15 July,.1S88.

DAVID \VALKER. itnesses: 7

CHARLES H. PELL, CONSTANCE H. BALDWIN, 

